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Key takeaways from How to Read a Book: The Ultimate Guide by Mortimer Adler

In how to read a book, Mortimer Adler teaches us the four levels of reading to become a more effective reader. Learning how to read is more than just picking up a book and starting to read. Open at source

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Francis Bacon once remarked, “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”

The goal is not to achieve an overall understanding of any particular book, but rather to understand the subject and develop a deep fluency.

There are four main questions you need to ask of every book: What is this book about? What is being said in detail and how? Is this book true in whole or in part? What of it?

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